"It was March. March 10th. It was a Tuesday afternoon. Just after 3 o'clock. It was gray outside, with high cirrocumulus clouds. You were wearing a striped shirt and your new cufflinks. There were five geese flying overhead in a northerly direction, and a pair of ants were crawling slowly across the window."

"Whatever. The dog is fine. Now come on - we need to go to the store. Where are your shoes?"